Southern vote: Company response

Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway, said the result was "hugely disappointing" as the agreement had "the full support and recommendation" of Aslef leaders.

We have shown a willingness and desire to find a solution to their dispute and we will now, once again, sit down with the union, understand the issues which led to this regrettable decision by the drivers and try and find a way forward to resolving it."

BreakingSouthern vote: Latest deal rejected

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Members of train drivers' union Aslef have rejected a deal with Southern rail over driver-only operated trains.

We understand and support the decision arrived at in a democratic vote by our drivers and will now seek new talks with the company and work to deliver a resolution to this dispute in line with the expectations of our members."

Rail users' misery turned into musical satire

The trials and tribulations of being a commuter on Southern Rail has been turned into a satirical stage show.

Southern Fail - The Musical has been created using parts of The Treason Show, a comedy sketch series running in Brighton for 17 years.

Director and producer Mark Brailsford said he hoped the musical would hold a mirror up to the rail operator, forcing it to reflect on its conduct.

Satire doesn't really change the world, but it can add its little ten pence. It channels people's anger and shines a mirror up to the issue."

Mark BrailsfordDirector and producer

It centres around two commuters, from different backgrounds, who become friends and team up to stand up to the firm.

The show is on 10 June at Shoreham Ropetackle and 24 June at Brighton's Sallis Benney Theatre. A crowdfunding page has been set up to take the show to other venues further along the rail line and into London.

Chiddingstone's mummy's name is…

Translated as "the eye of Horus is against them”, the name was discovered on the lid of the coffin after three days of multispectral imaging by scientists.

The mummy's home is Chiddington Castle and it is thought to be 3,000 years old.

Maria Esain, who is the curator at the castle, said “Our Ancient Egyptian coffin lid that has been exhibited here for many years has undergone some careful conservation and advanced digital imaging by experts from UCL to determine if it is possible to read the name of the person that would have been interred within it 3,000 years ago."